Smart Structures and Materials
Title | Smart Structures and Materials PDF eBook |
Author | Aurelio L. Araujo |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2016-12-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319445073 |
This work was compiled with expanded and reviewed contributions from the 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, that was held from 3 to 6 June 2015 at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. The Conference provided a comprehensive forum for discussing the current state of the art in the field as well as generating inspiration for future ideas specifically on a multidisciplinary level. The scope of the Conference included topics related to the following areas: Fundamentals of smart materials and structures; Modeling/formulation and characterization of smart actuators, sensors and smart material systems; Trends and developments in diverse areas such as material science including composite materials, intelligent hydrogels, interfacial phenomena, phase boundaries and boundary layers of phase boundaries, control, micro- and nano-systems, electronics, etc. to be considered for smart systems; Comparative evaluation of different smart actuators and sensors; Analysis of structural concepts and designs in terms of their adaptability to smart technologies; Design and development of smart structures and systems; Biomimetic phenomena and their inspiration in engineering; Fabrication and testing of smart structures and systems; Applications of smart materials, structures and related technology; Smart robots; Morphing wings and smart aircrafts; Artificial muscles and biomedical applications; Smart structures in mechatronics; and Energy harvesting.
Smart Structures and Materials
Title | Smart Structures and Materials PDF eBook |
Author | B. Culshaw |
Publisher | Artech House Publishers |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
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This book introduces the enabling concepts that make up the so-called smart structure and presents a number of brief case studies to illustrate the applications of these concepts. It examines the domains of the individual technologies and defines the challenges faced by the integrator. The book is particularly effective for the potential system user who needs a good technical general background on the subject and is also useful for students and researchers in contributory technologies who want to better understand the context of their work. Consultants in civil and structural engineering will also find it of interest.
Adaptronics and Smart Structures
Title | Adaptronics and Smart Structures PDF eBook |
Author | Hartmut Janocha |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 2013-11-11 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3662038196 |
Adaptronics is the term encompassing technical fields that have become known internationally under the names "smart materials", "intelligent structures", and "smart structures". Adaptronics contributes to the optimisation of systems and products. It bridges the gap between material and system or product, and incorporates the search for multi-functional materials and elements and their integration in systems or structures. The authors of this book have taken on the task of displaying the current state of the art in this fascinating field. The system components, actuators, sensors and controllers, technical fundamentals, materials, design rules and practical solutions are all described. Selected sample applications are also presented and current development trends are demonstrated.
Smart Structures Theory
Title | Smart Structures Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Inderjit Chopra |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 925 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 052186657X |
This book focuses on smart materials and structures, which are also referred to as intelligent, adaptive, active, sensory, and metamorphic. The ultimate goal is to develop biologically inspired multifunctional materials with the capability to adapt their structural characteristics, monitor their health condition, perform self-diagnosis and self-repair, morph their shape, and undergo significant controlled motion.
Smart Materials and Structures
Title | Smart Materials and Structures PDF eBook |
Author | M.V. Gandhi |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 1992-05-31 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780412370106 |
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the embryonic field of smart materials and structures, and also presents a state-of-the-art review of the sub-disciplines of the field. It informs readers of the technical challenges to the commercialisation of products incorporating these material technologies.
Dynamics of Smart Structures
Title | Dynamics of Smart Structures PDF eBook |
Author | Ranjan Vepa |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2010-03-10 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780470710616 |
Dynamics of Smart Structures is a practical, concise and integrated text that provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of a field that has evolved over the recent years into an independent and identifiable subject area. Bringing together the concepts, techniques and systems associated with the dynamics and control of smart structures, it comprehensively reviews the differing smart materials that are employed in the development of the smart structures and covers several recent developments in the field of structural dynamics. Dynamics of Smart Structures has been developed to complement the author's new interdisciplinary programme of study at Queen Mary, University of London that includes courses on emerging and new technologies such as biomimetic robotics, smart composite structures, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and their applications and prosthetic control systems. It includes chapters on smart materials and structures, transducers for smart structures, fundamentals of structural control, dynamics of continuous structures, dynamics of plates and plate-like structures, dynamics of piezoelectric media, mechanics of electro-actuated composite structures, dynamics of thermo-elastic media: shape memory alloys, and controller designs for flexible structures.
Intelligent Materials and Structures
Title | Intelligent Materials and Structures PDF eBook |
Author | Haim Abramovich |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 2021-10-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 311072622X |
This new edition of our 2016 book provides insight into designing intelligent materials and structures for special application in engineering. Literature is updated throughout and a new chapter on optics fibers has been added. The book discusses simulation and experimental determination of physical material properties, such as piezoelectric effects, shape memory, electro-rheology, and distributed control for vibrations minimization.